Responsa for Bava Batra 99:4
כי איתמר דאמימר היכא דזבין איהו ומית אתיא איהי ומפקא א"נ זבנה איהי ומתה אתא איהו ומפיק בתקנתא דרבנן וכדר' יוסי בר חנינא דאמר רבי יוסי בר חנינא באושא התקינו האשה שמכרה בנכסי מלוג ומתה הבעל מוציא מיד הלקוחות
[Hardly]; for in regard to this [she would] certainly [say that she did it to oblige her husband], since otherwise he might, fall out with her and say to her, 'You have your eye on a divorce or on my death.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the husband sells any part of his property which is not so particularly mortgaged to her, and she refuses to confirm the sale, he may accuse her of desiring this part to remain in his possession because she is looking forward to his death or a divorce from him and is loth to part with a security for her kethubah. Thus she has a motive for consenting, so as not to estrange her husband. Hence this is obviously not the kind of property excluded from the rule stated. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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